pronken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pronken, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).[1] See also German Prunk (“splendor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔŋ.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pron‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɔŋkən
Verb
pronken
Conjugation
| Conjugation of pronken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pronken | |||
| past singular | pronkte | |||
| past participle | gepronkt | |||
| infinitive | pronken | |||
| gerund | pronken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | pronk | pronkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | pronkt, pronk2 | pronkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | pronkt | pronkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | pronkt | pronkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | pronkt | pronkte | ||
| plural | pronken | pronkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | pronke | pronkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | pronken | pronkten | ||
| imperative sing. | pronk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | pronkt | |||
| participles | pronkend | gepronkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: prònk, pronk
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “prangen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891